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1. SAP – Business Intelligence / Analytics
“Demo” anticipated Time: 60 minutes
SAP BIBO Learning Series
Mr. Mishra
Contact: mishra4927@gmail.com
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2. Unit 1 - SAP ERP Overview 1 hours
 Understanding ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) and
 SAP ERP (ECC 6.0)
 Why SAP ? What’s the use of a ERP Software
 Different SAP ERP Modules SD, FI, HR
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3. Unit 2 - SAP BW Overview 2 hours
 Understaing DW/ BW and what’s the speciality of SAP BW
 Fundamentals of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.
 SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BW) Overview
 SAP NetWeaver Solution Delivery: IT Practices, Scenarios, and Usage Types
 SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: Data Warehousing
 Other BI Tools Available in Market (Informatica, Cognos, OBIEE, Hyperion)
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4. SAP BW / BI Release
BW3.5
BW3.1 / (BW 3.0) BW 7.0 BW 7.3
GUI 6.20 GUI 6.40 GUI 7.00 GUI 7.10
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Kernel 6.20 Kernel 6.40 Kernel 7.00 Kernel 7.10

5. SAP BW ARCHITECTURE
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6. SAP BW ARCHITECTURE
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7. Unit 3 - Modelling 4 Hours
 Objects in the BW Data Warehouse Layer
 Data Warehousing Workbench.
 InfoProviders: Business Purpose
 InfoObjects: Characteristics (Attribute,Text,Hier)
 InfoObjects: Key Figures
 The BI InfoCube: An Extended Star Schema
 Creating InfoCubes (Fact, Dimension, SID Tables)
 Exercise
 Look and Feel with Navigations
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8. SAP BW Info Provider
InfoCubes
 Contains two types of data
 Key figures
 Characteristics
 Can contain up to one fact table and 16 dimension tables
 Each dimension table = max. 256 characteristics
 Three dimensions are predefined by SAP
 Time
 Unit
 Packet
SAP InfoCube types SAP
BusinessObjects
Basic InfoCubes – Standard InfoCubes – optimized for read access Supported
while allowing scheduled uploads
data and metadata are
physically stored in the same Transactional InfoCubes – designed for Supported
SAP BW system applications, such as budgeting and planning, that
require read and write-back access
Remote InfoCubes – data is physically stored on a remote system, usually R/3 (it Supported
can also be another BW system or any 3rd-party/custom system supporting the
remote InfoCube BAPI)
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9. Unit 4 - Data Acquisition 4 Hours
 Data Acquisition and Transformation from SAP Source Systems
 Data Flow: Overview - Data Source, Info Source..
 Loading Master Data from an SAP Source System
 Loading Transaction Data from an SAP Source System
 ETL Processes and Loading Hierarchies
 PSA, Source Systems
 •Info Source
 •Info Package
 •Transfer Rules
 •Update Rules
 •Transformation
 •Data Transfer Process
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10. Dataflow Overview
ODS
Object
new with
Update Rules Update Rules BW 3.0
InfoSource InfoSource
Communication Structure Communication Structure
Transfer Rules Transfer Rules Transfer Rules Transfer Rules
DataSource
(Replicate) Transfer Structure Transfer Structure Transfer Structure Transfer Structure
Transfer Structure Transfer Structure Transfer Structure Transfer Structure
DataSource
Extract Structure Extract Structure Extract Structure Extract Structure
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Source System 1 Source System 2

11. Transformation and DataSource
A Transformation is used to
consolidate, cleanse, and integrate
data. The fields of the source are
converted into the fields of the target
A Data Source is defined to specify
which kind of data is to be uploaded
from the source system
Fields of the data source Fields of the data target Fields that are delivered from the
source system

12. Unit 5 - Data Acquisition from Other Systems
4 Hours
 SAP BW data extraction process
• Data Transfer into SAP BW
• Flat file Extraction
• DB Connect extraction
• CO-PA data extraction
• LIS and LO data extraction
• Generic extractor
• How to enhance standard business content
 Exercise
 1. Creation of Data Source
 2.Loading through Info Package to PSA
 3. Loading through DTP to Info Cube
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13. Data Transfer Process and InfoPackage
InfoPackages are used to upload data from the Data transfer processes are used to transfer the
source systems into PSA (that is assigned to the data further; in this case from the PSA table (that is
DataSource); once a DTP is in place, all other assigned to the data source) to the InfoCube
processing options are not available (grayed out)

14. Unit 6 - BW Content 3 Hours
1. BW Content Definition
2. Business Content Add-On:pre-configured information
3. Business Content Installation
4. Business Content Install Demo
5. BW Administration Cockpit and Technical Content
6. Versioning Concept
7. Upgrade and Patching
8. BW Content Enhancing
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15. SAP BW Business Content: Definition
Delivered Queries,
Webtemplates
up to complete
Analytical Applications
Predefined Data Models
incl. InfoObjects, ODS
and InfoCubes
Extractors =
Programs and Metadata
for Extraction

16. Business Content Add-On:
pre-configured information models
+11,000 InfoObjects
+340 ODS Objects
+600 InfoCubes
+120 MultiProviders
+3,200 Queries
+1,900 Workbooks
+800 Roles
The ideal starting point for custom-built Analytical Applications

17. Step 1: Available Objects
1. Select available objects
by several trees
DataTargets InfoObjects InfoSources Roles By Types By Patch
By Development Class

18. Unit 7 - Transport and
ABAP (specific to BW) 2 Hours
 Transports
 Types and Usage of Transports
 ABAP: Basics of ABAP
 Transformations: Start, End Routine
 CMOD
 Enhancements
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19. Unit 8 - Other InfoProviders 2 Hours
 DataStore Objects Types:
 Standard DSO
 Write Optimised DSO
 Direct Update DSO
 VirtualProviders and Real-Time Data Acquisition
 MultiProviders and BW InfoSets
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20. SAP BW Multiprovider
Multiproviders
 Is a combination of other InfoProviders (UNIION only)
 Needs no additional data storage
 Splits queries automatically and distributed to InfoProviders
 Is transparent for reporting
MultiProvider
InfoProvider
InfoCube Master Data ODS Object InfoSet
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21. Unit 9 - SAP BW Front End Solutions : BEX 2 Hours
BEx Query Designer
 Central tool for creation of queries
 Design queries once – reuse many times (in Web templates, Bex Analyzer Workbook,
Defining 
Report Designer)
Publish queries directly to the Web
 Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 BEx Query Designer
BEx Analyzer
 Full-featured OLAP analysis in MS Excel
Excel
 Operational, tabular reporting
 Workbooks can integrate several queries
Reporting Ad hoc reporting based on InfoProvider (as of BI 7.X)
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 Leverage native Excel features (i.e. office integration)
 Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 BEx Analyzer
BEx Web Applications
 Execute Web Templates (created with BEx Web Application Designer), Web Ad-hoc
Analysis, Reports created with Report Designer, Formatted Reporting (Crystal Reports)
Web  Designed for building targeted web applications
Reporting  One step publishing BEx (Web Application Designer, Report Designer
 Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 (ABAP based Web Reporting) and BI 7.0 (Java based
Web Reporting) BEx Web Application Designer

22. Unit 9.1 - Query Designer
 Designing a Simple Query with Free Characteristics and Prompts(Variable)
 Calculated Key Figure, Restricted Key Figure
 Query Properties on Formatting and Publishing to Business Object Tools
 Variables (Text, Hierarchy Node)
 Processing Types (Manual Input, SAP Exit, Customer Exit, Replacement Path)
 Exceptions, Conditions
 Information Broadcasting
 Web Application Designer
 Integration with Enterprise Portal
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23. Definition of a query
Queries are created:
 Using the BW 3.5 or
the BW 7.0 BEx Query
Designer
 Are the basis for
WEB Templates, BEx
Analyzer Workbooks,
Formatted Reporting
(Report Designer)
Queries can be
InfoObjects of the
InfoProvider:
created for different
Key Figures and InfoProviders:
Dimensions  InfoCubes
(Characteristics)
 Operational Data
Store objects / Data
Store Objects
The concept of a  InfoSets
MultiProvider is explained on
the next slide  InfoObjects
 Virtual Providers
 Aggregation Layers
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24. Unit 10 - SAP ASAP Methodology
What is ASAP
•Team Member Roles and Responsibilities
•Documents required in each phrase
• Major Milestones and Activities for BW developer
•How to Write BRD and Blueprint
• Introduction of the Business Scenario for the Simulated BW Project
 Introduction to
•SAP Notes
•Service Market Place
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25. Unit 11: Administration of Data Targets 2 Hours
 System Administration Tasks in BI: Overview
 Administration of InfoCubes
 Roll Up, Compression, Chang Run
 Administration of DataStore Objects
 Open Hub service
•Data Marts
•Info Spokes
•Open Hub Destination
 Delta Management
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26. Unit 12 - Process Chains 2 Hours
 A process chain is a sequence of processes that wait in the background for an
event. Some of these processes trigger a separate event that can start other
processes in turn.
 A process in the context of BW process chains is a procedure inside of or
external to an SAP system with a defined beginning and end. A distinction is
made between a start process, an application process and a collection process.
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27. Unit 13: Introduction to Query Performance
Optimization 2 Hours
 Introduction to Query Performance Optimization in BW
 BW Aggregates
 BW Accelerator
 Statistics Overview
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28. Unit 14: BW Support Activities 2 Hours
 Work Process Overview
 Process Chain Monitoring
 Database Monitoring
 Dump Analysis
 Performance Tuning
 Data Inconsistency Issues
 Query Tuning
 Etc..
SAP/Business Objects Proprietary
Confidential
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29. Unit 15: SAP INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS WITH
BUSINESS OBJECTS 2 Hours
Installing the software – IS with Business Objects
What you get:
1. SAP Connectivity
Open SQL (CR ERP), InfoSet (CR ERP), BW Query and MDX (CR), ODS (CR), OLAP BAPI
(Webi and Voyager)
2. SAP Authentication
3. BW Publisher Service
4. Web Content
5. BW Content Administration Workbench - /crystal/rptadmin
6. SAP Enterprise Portal – Knowledge Management
7. SAP Enterprise Portal – iView template and sample iViews
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